Alert archive / New Mexico / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 1:21 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2021, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
727 WWUS84 KEPZ 131921 SPSEPZ Special Weather Statement National Weather Service El Paso TX 121 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021 NMZ415-416-132000- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM- 121 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 119 PM MDT, doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Silver Lake, moving east at 10 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Several reports of pea to half inch size hail have been received. Heavy downpours will also be likely. Locations impacted include... Silver Lake, Elk Silver, Sixteen Springs and Dry Canyon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes. && LAT...LON 3292 10565 3316 10568 3321 10543 3293 10541 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 256DEG 8KT 3304 10561 $$ Pegram
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:04 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 2:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Otero | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Sierra | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Sierra | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Sierra | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Hudspeth | 52 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.